diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
index 891a609..dfc90bb 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_input.c
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@
 {
 	secpath_cachep = kmem_cache_create("secpath_cache",
 					   sizeof(struct sec_path),
-					   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+					   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC,
 					   NULL, NULL);
-	if (!secpath_cachep)
-		panic("XFRM: failed to allocate secpath_cache\n");
 }